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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in elearning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Students want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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