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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to understand these significant new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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