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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education technology make it possible for humans all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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