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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in elearning technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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