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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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