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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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