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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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