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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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