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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning technology have enabled students all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different 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 educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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