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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. 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 generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational ventures. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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