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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education enable learners all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Christmas Island to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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