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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses 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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