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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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