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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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