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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Instructors want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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