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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Angola to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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