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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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