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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in digital education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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