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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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