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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education have enabled people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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