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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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