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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic educational technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes 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 we manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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