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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in elearning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? 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 educators deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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