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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in learning technology enable students all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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