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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education ventures. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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