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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are considering today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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