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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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