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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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