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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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