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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic education technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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