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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology enable humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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