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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cambodia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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