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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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