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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in digital education technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational ventures. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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