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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also researches 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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