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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open education undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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