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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open education initiatives. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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