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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Micronesia to conduct these massive open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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