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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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