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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning enable humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open education ventures. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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