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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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