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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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