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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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