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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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