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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning enable students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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