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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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