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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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