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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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