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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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