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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education enable students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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