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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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