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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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