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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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