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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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