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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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