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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bermuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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