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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning have empowered humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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