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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in online learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open educational undertakings. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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