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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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