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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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