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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology enable students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines 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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