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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology enable students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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