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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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