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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also describes the key 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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