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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open educational undertakings. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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