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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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