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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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