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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yemen to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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