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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to understand these new open educational undertakings. Professors want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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