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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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