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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education undertakings. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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