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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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