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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in online learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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