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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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