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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations have to consider now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better perceive these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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