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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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