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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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