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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning enable learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Moldova to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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