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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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