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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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