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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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