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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Liechtenstein to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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