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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better understand these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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