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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are enabling students all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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