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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology enable people all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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