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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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