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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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