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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these open educational ventures. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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