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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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