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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these fascinating new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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