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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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