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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better grasp these new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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