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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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