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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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