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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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