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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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