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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Educators want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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