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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources