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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better understand these new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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