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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like New Caledonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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