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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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