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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning enable students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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