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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online education technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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