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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in online education are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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