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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better perceive these open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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