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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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