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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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