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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Utah State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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