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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. Brand new developments in e-learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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