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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational ventures. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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