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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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