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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better grasp these compelling new open education endeavours. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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