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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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