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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better perceive these open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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