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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bermuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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