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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Broward College to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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