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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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