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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Clemson University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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