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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in elearning enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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