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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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