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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in digital education technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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