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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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