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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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