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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in digital education technology are enabling students all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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