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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in e-learning have empowered students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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