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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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