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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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