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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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