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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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