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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online learning make it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these important new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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