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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning make it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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