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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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