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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology are enabling humans all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Renton Technical College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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