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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in elearning make it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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