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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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