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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education have made it possible for learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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