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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Montserrat to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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