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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also explores 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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