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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. Students want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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