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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling humans all over the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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