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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning enable students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mongolia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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