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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology make it possible for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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