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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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