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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education undertakings. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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