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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better grasp these important new open education endeavours. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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