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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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