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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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