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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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