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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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