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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in e-learning technology make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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