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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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