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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also articulates 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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