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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in e-learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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