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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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