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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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