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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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