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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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