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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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