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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also reviews the most important 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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