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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic educational technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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