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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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