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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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