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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Korea, North to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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