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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important 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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