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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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