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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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