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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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