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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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