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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open education ventures. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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