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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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