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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning are empowering students all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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