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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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