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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bermuda to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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