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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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