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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in online education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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