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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open education initiatives. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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