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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology have empowered students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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