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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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