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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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