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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Korea, South to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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