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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in e-learning are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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