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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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