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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education are empowering people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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