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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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