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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology are empowering humans all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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