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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning have enabled students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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