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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning have enabled learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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