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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are empowering students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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