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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these important new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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