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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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