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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Bowling Green State University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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