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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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