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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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