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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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