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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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