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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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