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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bulgaria to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these open educational undertakings. Educators want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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