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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education enable humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open educational initiatives. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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