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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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