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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to understand these new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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