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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology are empowering learners all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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