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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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