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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that learning technology organizations must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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