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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education have empowered students all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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