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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in learning technology are making it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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