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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open education initiatives. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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