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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these fascinating new open educational ventures. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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