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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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