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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Baker Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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