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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online learning enable people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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