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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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