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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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