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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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