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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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