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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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