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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Kiribati to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers 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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