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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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