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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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