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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these new open educational ventures. Professors want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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