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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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