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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning have empowered people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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