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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education endeavours. Professors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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