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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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