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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in distance learning technology are empowering students all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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