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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions have to consider today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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