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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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