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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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