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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in digital education technology make it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bellevue University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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