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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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