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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to understand these open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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