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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Students want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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