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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. People want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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