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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online education are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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