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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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