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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these significant new open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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