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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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