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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology have enabled students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations must deal with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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