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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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