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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in learning technology have enabled students all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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