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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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