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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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