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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also examines 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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