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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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