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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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