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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology enable humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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