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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the 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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