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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning have made it possible for learners all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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