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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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