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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Students want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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