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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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