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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also explores the 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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