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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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