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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also considers 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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