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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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