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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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