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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning enable learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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