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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning technology enable humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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