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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic educational technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these important new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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