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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also addresses the 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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