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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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