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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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