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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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