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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education are empowering humans all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these open educational ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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