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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Michigan State University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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