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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like McHenry County College to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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