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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to understand these fascinating new open education initiatives. Corporations want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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