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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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