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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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