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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these important new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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