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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning are enabling students all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better understand these open education experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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