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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Navassa Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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