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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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