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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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