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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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