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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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