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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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