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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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