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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Renton Technical College to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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