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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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