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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. 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. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to understand these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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