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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning have enabled humans all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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