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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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