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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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