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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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