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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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