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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? 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 the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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