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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online learning are empowering people all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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