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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning have enabled students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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