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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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