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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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