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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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