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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education are enabling students in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better perceive these new open education experiments. People want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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