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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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