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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also studies 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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