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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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