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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online learning are enabling humans all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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