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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning have empowered students all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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