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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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