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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education undertakings. Public servants want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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