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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Professors want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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