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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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