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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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