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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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