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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education make it possible for students all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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