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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in electronic educational technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational ventures. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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