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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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