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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in e-learning have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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