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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in elearning technology are empowering students all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open educational initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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