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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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