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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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