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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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