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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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