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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning enable learners all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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