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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are considering now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rutgers University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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