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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire 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 stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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