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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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