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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning technology enable learners all over the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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