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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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