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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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