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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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