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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. 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. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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