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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these massive open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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