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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational ventures. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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