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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational initiatives. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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