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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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