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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Universities want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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