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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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