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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners certify 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 massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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