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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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