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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that elearning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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