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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology are empowering learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open education undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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