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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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