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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning enable humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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