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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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