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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Professors want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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