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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Dominica to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better perceive these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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