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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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