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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology enable students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also talks about the most important 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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