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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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