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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to consider now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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