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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic educational technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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