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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take classes 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 online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Renton Technical College to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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