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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in online education technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Scholars want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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