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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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