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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in online education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low 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 digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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