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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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