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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are considering now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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