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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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