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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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