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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in digital education technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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