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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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