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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in digital education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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