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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning have enabled students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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