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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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