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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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