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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in digital education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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