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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in electronic educational technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open education endeavours. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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