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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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