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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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