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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning enable students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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