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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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