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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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