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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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