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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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