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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tonga to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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