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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online education have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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