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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in learning technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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