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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Trainers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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