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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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