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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Belarus to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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