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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education are enabling students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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