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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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