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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in e-learning enable students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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