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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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