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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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