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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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