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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic education technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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