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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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