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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning are empowering people all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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