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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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