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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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