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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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