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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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