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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify 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 MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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