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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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