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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology enable people all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the 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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