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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open education initiatives. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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