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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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