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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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