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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning have enabled students all over the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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