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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic educational technology enable learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Broward College to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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