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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting 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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