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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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