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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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