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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in e-learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the key 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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