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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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