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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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