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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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