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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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