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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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