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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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