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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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