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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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