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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these significant new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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