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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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