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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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