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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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