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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bouvet Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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