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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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