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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in electronic educational technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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