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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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