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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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