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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Academics want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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