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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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