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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in online education technology have empowered students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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