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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic educational technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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