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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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