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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in digital education technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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