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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic educational technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Martinique to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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