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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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