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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for learners all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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