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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education ventures. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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