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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Seattle Central Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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