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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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