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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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