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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in courses online. 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 MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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