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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these open educational endeavours. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This sensational new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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