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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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