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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in online learning have empowered people all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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