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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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