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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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