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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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