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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brunei to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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