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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to understand these new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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