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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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