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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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