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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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