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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in digital education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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