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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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