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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in electronic education technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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