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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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