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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to understand these important new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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