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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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