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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online education technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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