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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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