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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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