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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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