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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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