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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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