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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Jersey to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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