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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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