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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies 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 we manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational ventures. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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