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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these significant new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also addresses the key 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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