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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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