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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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