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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning enable humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these compelling new open education endeavours. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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