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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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