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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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