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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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