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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also talks about the key 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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