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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other participants want to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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