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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning technology enable learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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