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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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