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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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