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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open education initiatives. Professors want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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