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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning enable people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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