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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. People want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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