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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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