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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education undertakings. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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