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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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