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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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