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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in digital education technology enable learners all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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