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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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