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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Teachers want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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