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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are considering now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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