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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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