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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education technology enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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