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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Chad to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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