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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better understand these fascinating new open education undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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