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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in online education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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