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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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