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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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