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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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