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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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