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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in e-learning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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