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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Montserrat to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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