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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. People want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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