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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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