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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in digital education technology enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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