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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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