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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning technology enable people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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