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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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