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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have empowered people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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