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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in digital education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This gripping new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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