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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology have enabled humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Comoros to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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