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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Italy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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