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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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