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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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