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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open education undertakings. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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