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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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