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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in elearning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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