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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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