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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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