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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in digital education technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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