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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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