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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning have enabled humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses 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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