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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning enable learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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