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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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