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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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