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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses 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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