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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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