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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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